Patents by Inventor Rudolf Van de Bergh

Rudolf Van de Bergh has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Radiation image storage panel comprising a colorant
    Patent number: 5905014
    Abstract: A radiation image storage panel is provided having a support, an intermediate layer and a phosphor layer comprising a binder and a stimulable phosphor dispersed therein, said panel being colored with a colorant so that the mean reflectance of said panel in the wavelength region of the stimulating rays for said stimulating phosphor is lower than the mean reflectance of said panel in the wavelength region of the light emitted by said stimulable phosphor upon stimulation thereof, characterized in that said colorant is a triarylmethane dye having at least one aqueous alkaline soluble group and is present in at least one of said support, said phosphor layer or an intermediate layer between said support and said phosphor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert, N.V.
    Inventor: Rudolf Van de Bergh